Appointments

Tenet hires new regional business manager

Tenet Group has appointed Paul Day as regional business manager as part of its...

Fleet Mortgages appoints NW BDM

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) for...

Proportunity hires its first national account manager

Matt Surridge has joined Proportunity as national account manager. Surridge (pictured, left) joins Proportunity from fintech...

Two new hires at Tuscan Capital

Tuscan Capital has announced two new appointments as it expands its team. Carmen Albert...

Black & White Bridging appoints new relationship manager

Black & White Bridging has appointed Mason Ward to help develop and manage new...

Openwork Partnership appoints managing director

The Openwork Partnership has appointed Stuart Dodson to the new role of managing director. He...

Specialist Finance Centre launches SFC Scotland

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced the launch of its proposition into Scotland as...

Enra Specialist Finance appoints CTO

Enra Specialist Finance has appointed Aris Karidis as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Karidis...

New chair for Society of Mortgage Professionals

Carlos Thibaut, formerly CEO of 360Dotnet, is to become the new chair of the...

Two new hires at Hampshire Trust Bank

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has strengthened its asset finance division with two experienced senior...

Jane Benjamin joins Connect for Intermediaries

Jane Benjamin has been appointed to the newly created role of director of mortgages at...

Reward boosts Yorkshire and North East business development team

Reward Finance Group has appointed Harriet Gibbs as business development director in its Leeds...

LiveMore Capital bolsters leadership team

LiveMore Capital has announced the appointment of Simon Webb as managing director of capital...

Cirencester Friendly hires interim director of distribution and sales

Cirencester Friendly has made another key appointment to its senior management team. Andy Peters has...

COMMENT

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

Latest news

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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